Noel Turns Nasty

Waves from the Atlantic Ocean crash onto a beach at Ocracoke Island, N.C., on Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. Wind gusts of nearly 50 mph kicked up offshore Friday as Hurricane Noel followed a northeastward path in the Atlantic that was expected to bring the storm parallel to North Carolina's coast and eventually along the New England Coast and over Nova Scotia.

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A driver speeds through a flooded street on Sapodilla Boulevard in the Pinewood Gardens district of New Providence Island in Bahamas, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. Tropical Storm Noel drenched the Bahamas Thursday while in the storm's wake rescuers in the Dominican Republic headed out in boats and helicopters to reach dozens of communities stranded by floods and mudslides. The death toll in the Caribbean rose above 100.

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A boy dives into floodwaters from the roof of his house in La Barquita neighborhood in the Sabana Perdida community just outside Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. Tropical Storm Noel drenched the Bahamas on Thursday while in the storm's wake rescuers in the Dominican Republic headed out in boats and helicopters to reach dozens of communities stranded by floods and mudslides.

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A lone beachgoer walks on the sand Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, on Fort Lauderdale Beach in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rough surf warnings were in effect for much of South Florida as winds and rain from Tropical Storm Noel pelted the area.

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Gustavo Acevedo and Ashley Fann check out the high water of the Atlantic Ocean as it spills over the retaining wall at Fort Lauderdale Beach as a result of winds and waves from Tropical Storm Noel Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, in Hollywood Beach, Fla.

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In this photo released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, A U.N. Brazilian Peacekeeper carries a baby during a flood due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Noel, in la Plaine, Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007.

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In this photo released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, a resident, holding up a baby, struggles to cross a flooded street due to heavy rains caused by tropical storm Noel, in la Plaine, Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007.

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In this photo released by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, U.N. Brazilian peacekeepers rescue residents from a flooded street due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Noel, in la Plaine, Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007.

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Residents struggle to cross a flooded river due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Noel, in Leogan, southern Haiti, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. Noel brought heavy rain and flooding to the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. More than 100 people have died as a result of the storm.

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People remove belongings from their homes flooded by Tropical Storm Noel in Lucas Diaz, west of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.

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People remove belongings from their homes flooded by Tropical Storm Noel in Lucas Diaz, west of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.

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A teenager and a boy are soaked by heavy rain caused by Tropical Storm Noel as they wait to cross a swollen river in Leogan, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.

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A man removes belongings from his home flooded by Tropical Storm Noel in Lucas Diaz, west of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.

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People wait at a highway with their belongings after their houses were flooded due to rains caused by Tropical Storm Noel in Lucas Diaz, west of Santo Domingo, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.

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People look at a highway destroyed by rains caused by Tropical Storm Noel in Bani, west of Santo Domingo, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007.